176 JUGLANDE*. 



14. C. ilicifolia, Sie. Leaflets 9-\0-jugal, sessile, glabrous, 3-5-spi«ose,'mth tie 

 spines proceeding from the midrib and principal veins, ovate-deltoid, subcordate at the base ; 

 panicle exceeded by the leaves : flowers glomerate ; drupe " oblong." — Plum. Md. Bum. 

 t. 118. — Drupes red. — Hae. S. Kitts !, Antigua !, Nichols., on limestone-rocks. 



9. ASTEONIUM, /«<;?. 



Calyx 5-partite : segments excrescent virith the fruit, at length subscariose. Petals 6. 

 Stamens as many, inserted into a perigynous disc. Ovary 1-ceUed : ovule attached to the 

 top of the cell : styles 3, short. Achenium membranaceous. — Trees ; leaves impari-pinnate, 

 glabrous ; panicles lateral or axillary. 



15. As. obliquum, Gr.[n.sp.). Leaves coetaneons; leaflets 3-4-jugal, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, pointed, quite entire, petiolulate, lateral ones oblique at the base ; panicle axillary : 

 flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. — leaflets 24"-2" long, 1" broad, leathery, somewhat 

 shining: principal veins straightish, 8-15-jugal; panicle glabrous, nigrescent, 3"-4"long: 

 branches distant ; calyx 1'" long, at length 5'" long, with a very short tube : segments 

 spathulate-oblong, blunt, exceeding a little the corolla; petals oval, imbricative, twice as 

 long as the stamens ; anthers introrse, ovoid-ohlong ; ovary oblong, exceeding the stamens ; 

 fi-uit (immature) nearly as long as the excrescent calyx.- -Hab. Trinidad I, Pd., in the 

 northern mountain-woods. 



10*. MANGIIURA, L. 



Mowers polygamous. Calyx 5(-4)-partite, deciduous. Petals 5 (-4). Stamens perigy- 

 lious : 1-2 fertile, usually 4-3 sterUe. Ovary 1-celled : ovule ascending : style simple, 

 curved. Pericarp drupaceous : putamen bivalved. Badicle inferior, ascending. — Trees ; 

 leaves simple, quite entire ; panicle larye, terminal. 



16*. M. indica, L. Leaves leathery, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, pointed, 

 petioled, panicle pubescent; drupe glabrous. — Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 15. Sesc. Fl. 1. t. 25. — 

 Drupes ovate or ovoid, 2"-3" long, variable in shape and colour. Hab. Naturalized in 

 Jamaica I and in the Caribbean islands I ; [introduced irom the East Indies, naturalized in 

 aU tropical countries.] 



11. ANACAKDIUM, i. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partite, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10-9, perigy- 

 nous ; 1-4 of them in 3 fertile. Ovary 1-oelled : ovule ascending : style simple, curved. 

 Pericarp leathery, indehiscent, on the top of the enlarged, pyriform pedicel. Madicle inferior, 

 ascending. — Trees ; leaves simple, quite entire ; panicle with the distant branches corym- 

 biferous. 



17. A. occidentale, £. Leaves leathery, glabrous, obovate or oval, rounded Or emar- 

 ginate at the top, shortly petioled ; bracteoles ovate, acuminate : one flower exceeding the 



rest ; fruit with a deep lateral notch.— K«i. Fl. 3. 1. 13. Desc. Fl. 7. t. 507 15'-20' 



high ; petals exserted, linear, acuminate, recurved ; fruit 1" long : its pedicel red or yellow, 

 about 3" long, 2" broad. — Hab. Jamaica ! to Trinidad !, common ; [Cuba ! and Mexico to 

 Brazil ! : naturalized in all tropical countries]. 



LXI. JUGLANDEJ). 



Flowers unisexual, apetalons, $ amentaceous. Stamens inserted into the torus. Pistil 

 syncarpous or reduced : ovules 1-4 : stigma large, papillose, usually 2-partite, with the long 

 cQvisions subcylindrical, revolute. Drupe l-seeded. Embryo exalbuminous, oily : cotyle- 

 dons large, fleshy, anfractuose-sinuate : radicle superior. — ^Woody plants ; leaves compound, 

 exstipuldte. 



Bitter and aromatic properties prevail in the Walnut-tribe. 



1. PICRODENDEON, Planch. 

 Flowers $ " amentaceous ;" ? solitary : calyx free, exinvolucrate, 5-partite, with the 



